Dr Deepa Iyer

MBBS, MRCP (UK), FRCP (UK), FAFRM (RACP), Cert. Musculoskeletal Medicine (AAMM)

Neurological and Stroke Rehabilitation: Including Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, expert spasticity assessment/management (Including botulinum toxin injections), and brain/spinal cord injuries. Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Rehab: Post-joint replacements, spinal surgeries (fusions and laminectomies), and complex trauma or fractures. Reconditioning: Post-surgical reconditioning, post-cardiac illness, amputee care, and restorative care following prolonged hospitalisations. Pain Management: Chronic pain management addressed on a collaborative, case-by-case basis.

Dr Deepa Iyer is a highly experienced Rehabilitation Medicine Physician dedicated to delivering comprehensive, patient-centred care. Her extensive international and domestic training enables her to provide expert medical rehabilitation across a diverse range of complex conditions.

Dr Iyer commenced her medical journey in India, where she completed her primary medical degree. She then relocated to the United Kingdom, where she undertook specialist General Medical training along with Rehabilitation Medicine and Rheumatology, successfully attaining Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP UK).

Upon moving to Australia, Dr Iyer completed advanced subspecialty training in Rehabilitation Medicine. She was awarded Fellowship of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (FAFRM) with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP).

With a career spanning elite public and private health sectors, Dr Iyer has held several key leadership and subspecialty positions and serves as the Director of Rehabilitation Services at Sunnybank Private Hospital. 

Her public sector background includes senior roles at the state-wide Brain Injuries Rehabilitation Unit and Spinal Injuries Unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, where she was instrumental in establishing state-wide hypertonicity services and specialised slow-to-recover pathways for acquired brain injuries.

Dr Iyer is an accredited botulinum toxin injector and is exceptionally well versed in the comprehensive assessment and management of spasticity.

In addition to her clinical practice, Dr Iyer is a passionate educator and academic. She lectures at The University of Queensland, and is a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Bond University.  She is actively involved in training and mentoring medical students, junior doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

Dr. Iyer is an accomplished medical author and researcher with a strong commitment to evidence-based practice and academic literature. She is the author of two medical texts published by Whiteley Publishers—Clinical Examination Skills for the MRCP PACES Exam (2013) and MRCP PACES – The Answers Revealed (2022) and has authored and contributed to numerous peer reviewed journals including the Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, Nephrology, and the Australasian Medical Journal (AMJ).

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